(Reuters) – The United States on Thursday reported more than 55,000 new cases of COVID-19, a new daily world record for the coronavirus pandemic, as infections increased in most states. A spike in coronavirus cases over the past week put President Donald Trump’s handling of the crisis under the microscope …
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NJ coronavirus deaths rise to 15,164 with 172,742 cases as outdoor collection limit increases to 500
New Jersey reported 58 new deaths attributed to the coronavirus on Friday and 386 new positive tests as the state continued to gradually lift restrictions by increasing the limit of people allowed in outdoor gatherings from 250 to 500 in time for the weekend of the July 4th. The new …
Read More »WHO sees first results of COVID drug trials in two weeks
By Stephanie Nebehay and Josephine Mason. GENEVA / LONDON (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) should soon obtain results of clinical trials it is carrying out on drugs that could be effective in treating patients with COVID-19, its Director said on Friday. General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. “So far, about …
Read More »“Birth of millions of years”: Hubble captures the fiery creation of a giant star cluster
Posted on July 3, 2020 in Astronomy, Science Most of the stars in the universe – including our life-giving Population 1, the main-sequence Sun, one of the more than 100 billion stars in the Milky Way, which formed approximately 4.6 billion years ago – are they formed a group of …
Read More »Tampa Bay Rays ace Blake Snell returns to work after complaints about possible pay cuts
S T. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Tampa Bay Rays ace Blake Snell showed up for work, after all. Snell, 27, made the headlines in May when he said he opposed the idea of players taking more pay cuts to start the season during a pandemic – that it wasn’t worth the …
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